The Burning Bed Analysis

This paper will go over the movie the burning bed by Robert Greenwald in chronological order tying in the symbolic interaction, social conflict, and structural functionalism to comprehend the situation and the levels in which to identify them.
Francine meets Mickey at a dance, and is introduced by a friend. They end up dancing together for the night, by Mickey charming her but Francine has no idea what she is about to face, as she makes a judgment based on the symbolic interaction she first has with him. Mickey wants sex but Francine wants to wait for marriage. Mickey proposes as it appears just to have sex, this is symbolic interaction, because Francine does not want sex until marriage and Mickey proposes for sex. Francine does not want to
The symbolic interaction is Francine’s mom reaction to her daughter’s situation and how she react to it taking Mickey’s side. Francie’s mom way of thinking seems to be from the past as she would have grown up during a more patriarch type of society. Mickey’s and Francine’s parent show a negative correlation between education and social decisions; more education better social decisions, less education worse social decisions. This stems to all parts of their like which can lead to troubled or naïve children, that ultimately become adults that have their own kids and a cycle begins of poverty, poor education, and bad parenting. Mickey and Francine have their first child and name her Kristy and the finally move out when Kristy is six months old. They are having a party at their new place with some of Mickey’s and Francine’s friends and mickey notices Francine’s nails are
This scene includes both symbolic interaction and structural functionalism. The symbolic interaction is the social workers reaction to Francine’s situation and he reacted by paying the fee. The structural functionalism of this is, that Francine has to go a higher authority to get her problems solved. In order for Francine to really help her children she needs the divorce papers. Francine moves out again with help of her friend packs her stuff for the road and is pregnant again with Mickey. The second child is born, and Mickey’s parents come visit Francine in the hospital to convince her to rekindle the failed marriage, but Francine ends their attempt and Mickey’s parents get more forceful with their